The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Subchapter
004
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LIENS ON LOGS FOR WAGES
(Cite as: 9 V.S.A. § 1991)
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§ 1991. Nature and extent of lien
A person cutting or drawing logs and acting under a contract with the owner thereof
shall have a lien thereon for his or her wages that shall continue 60 days after the
services are performed and have precedence of other claims except public taxes. Such
lien shall not attach until the person claiming it files in the office of the clerk
of the town where he or she performed the service, or if the town is unorganized,
in the county clerk’s office, a brief statement of the contract under which he or
she claims a lien and his or her purpose to enforce it against the property for the
amount due for such service.